The Litigation Knowledge Management and Innovation Associate Attorney will collaborate closely with litigation and employment litigation attorneys, practice leadership, and the firm’s Innovation, AI, and E-Data Consulting team to improve how the Litigation group develops, adopts, and uses knowledge resources, workflows, and AI-enabled tools.

This role is designed for an attorney with a litigation background who is interested in applying that experience to knowledge management, process improvement, and emerging legal technologies, particularly AI tools supporting litigation, disputes, and related advocacy activities. The position emphasizes hands-on evaluation of tools, development of practical prompts and workflows, onboarding and training attorneys, and driving thoughtful, effective adoption of new ways of working.

Primary Responsibilities

Knowledge Development and Practice Support

• Collaborate with Litigation leadership and KMI colleagues to curate, draft, and maintain model pleadings, motions, briefs, discovery requests and responses, deposition outlines, case checklists, practice notes, and litigation playbooks.
• Help capture and codify best practices and matter learnings from litigation and employment litigation attorneys to ensure resources reflect current practice and firm experience.
• Maintain and enhance internal litigation knowledge repositories and resource sites, including brief banks, pleadings libraries, deposition summaries, matter exemplars, and case strategy resources.

Technology, AI and Innovation

• Evaluate, vet, and test AI-enabled and other practice technologies relevant to litigation (e.g., e-discovery platforms, document review tools, case management software, legal research platforms, litigation analytics, workflow automation, and search tools).
• Partner with attorneys and vendors during pilots to gather feedback, identify strengths and limitations, and surface practical use cases.
• Help design, document, and refine prompts, workflows, and playbooks for brief and motion drafting, AI-assisted document review, predictive analytics, case assessment, and related litigation activities across approved AI platforms.
• Stay current on developments in legal AI and litigation-focused technology and help translate those developments into practical guidance for attorneys.

Training, Onboarding and Adoption

• Support onboarding of attorneys and staff to approved litigation tools, including e-discovery platforms, document review tools, deposition and transcript management tools, trial presentation software, litigation analytics, and approved AI platforms.
• Design and deliver trainings, demos, quick-reference guides, and written playbooks tailored to litigation workflows, including e-discovery, document review, brief banks, and approved AI platforms.
• Partner with Professional Development to assess training needs, align curricula, and refresh materials as tools and workflows evolve.
• Present updates, demos, and best practices at litigation practice group meetings and other attorney forums.
• Monitor emerging legal developments relevant to litigation to proactively inform attorneys of significant changes, trends, and issues and to prepare related guidance and thought leadership.

Process Improvement and Efficiency

• Identify opportunities to streamline litigation workflows, including case management, docket and matter management, discovery workflows, and document review processes, through improved processes, templates, automation, and technology.
• Help standardize workflows and develop checklists or guidance that promote consistency, quality, and efficiency.
• Monitor adoption and usage, gather feedback, and iterate on resources and workflows based on attorney input.

General and Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Provide ongoing support to litigation attorneys (resource questions, tool walk-throughs, workflow guidance).
• Coordinate with IT, Research Services, E-Data Consulting, Professional Development, Business Development, and other KMI colleagues to align tools, training, and knowledge resources.
• Provide light project management support for pilots and initiatives (timelines, status updates, issue tracking).
• Perform other knowledge management and innovation-related responsibilities as assigned.
• Occasional interoffice and conference/seminar travel required to fulfill primary responsibilities.

This role requires 60% in‑office presence; 40% remote work is permissible

Job Qualifications

• J.D. required; admission to practice in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 3+ years of litigation experience or litigation-related KM experience in a law firm or comparable setting.
• Demonstrated interest in and experience with legal technology and AI-enabled tools, particularly as applied to litigation, e-discovery, and document review.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate legal and technical concepts into clear, practical guidance.
• Comfortable working collaboratively with attorneys, technologists, and vendors; able to engage and influence busy practitioners.
• Organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
• Tech-savvy and quick to learn new platforms; familiarity with Microsoft 365 and core legal systems including document management applications such as Relativity, AI-enabled productivity tools such as Copilot, and legally engineered GPTs such as Harvey) preferred.
• Practical, service-oriented mindset with sound judgment and discretion in handling confidential information.

This job description is a general description of the types of responsibilities that are required of an individual in this job. It is not intended to be a complete list of the responsibilities, duties and skills that may be required for this job.

Physical Demands:

This position requires sitting or standing for long periods of time and the continuous operation of standard office equipment, such as computers, keyboards and phones. It also requires mobility sufficient to perform certain job functions, such as getting to photocopiers/scanners/fax machines, and regular bending, reaching, lifting, stooping and occasionally pulling, pushing and/or lifting items that weigh up to 25 pounds.

This position is bonus eligible. Mintz offers a comprehensive benefits package.

The salary range for this position in each office location is:

Boston: $160,000 - $220,000

NY: $170,000 - $230,000